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The Island Beach concept has been architecturally designed by Noel Knudson in conjunction with Ron and Mike Edmunds and John Hizmann.  Site survey and utility engineering is by Short Elliott and Hendrickson Inc.    John Hinzmann, Matt Bolf, and Tim Byrnes with SEH have been instrumental to this development. Their web site is www.sehinc.com. The Landscape design is by SAS Landscape Architects Luke Sydow and Mathew Daley, in conjunction with site concept planning by Noel Knudson. The boat docking system is by the Floe Dock Company. Their web site is www.floeintl.com.

Well Information from Kent Well Drilling and A and T Pump Services
Recently, three new wells have been drilled by the Bob Kent Well Drilling company.  The depths ranged from 185' to 220'.  The pumps for each screened well are stainless steel 220 volt submersible pumps.  A water supply system designed by A and T Pump Pervices - the Pump Doctors, in which the submersible pumps in each of the three wells will pump into a 3000 gallon storage tank.  From the storage tank, there will be a 65 gallon per minute V.F.D centrifugal pump and a 119 gallon pressurized tank.  The storage tank, pressure tank, V.F.D. pump, and all controls will be in the central pump house.  From the pump house, there will be a 3" pressured PVC pipe for the water main.  It will T off for each of the nine lots reducing from 3" to 1" poly.  Each of the nine lots will have a curb stop (underground shut off).  Lines are to be buried 7 feet deep and covered with foam insulation for additional frost protection.  With the health and safety of the occupants being foremost, the wells will be tested for bacteria, nitrates, hardness, iron tannisns, manganese and acidity.  All procedures and materials are to meet the Minnesota Department of Health code and N.S.F standards. 
Septic System Information from Bob Whitmyer of MATRIX Soils & Systems

Bob Whitmyer is considered the foremost expert in this region in multi-family wastewater systems. Click here for more information on MATRIX. Bob described the wastewater system in the following manner.

The wastewater system will be a septic tank-subsurface infiltration system. Each home unit will be served by an individual septic tank for solids separation and lift station to convey effluent through a common force main to a dosing station in the treatment and dispersal area. Treatment and dispersal will be via  gravity filtration.  There is a main leach field area and there is a back up leach field area. At the point that the lot owner builds his/her home a holding tank on the lot owners property and a pump needs to be installed at the home owners expense - the estimated cost to the homeowner is approximately $5,500.00.